Gnr Noel Stanley George Lyes

Surname
Lyes
First name(s)
Noel Stanley George
Also known as
Hank or Yogi
Rank
Gnr
Corps
RNZA
Service number
41243
Unit
Honours & Awards

Unit Citation for Gallantry (Australia)

Date of Birth
Date of death
Place of burial
Hokitika
Notes

Posted to Vietnam in 161 Battery 15 September 1967. Employed initially as gun number, then changed to driver. Died on active service at Nui Dat base. Also served in Borneo with 1RNZIR. NZ Memorial Cross awarded to family. He was initially RNZIR and completed a Corps change to RNZA while in Vietnam. Qualified for the Australian Unit Citation for Gallantry for his service in FSB Coral and Balmoral as a Driver Operator. Buried in Hokitika, Westland on 20 July 1968.

Disclaimer

The Vietnam List is an updated version of New Zealand's original Vietnam nominal roll – the Flinkenberg List – compiled by Captain Con Flinkenberg in 1972. Name, rank and unit information are from New Zealand military pay records. Read more about the Vietnam List.

Comments

Submitted by Rex Jan Matthews on Friday, 19 June 2015 - 11:32pm

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Noel you are forever in our hearts...you will always be remembered brother. Arohanui, Rex and Rose Matthews, Hokitika. xx